{"id":340,"date":"2020-09-18T18:35:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2021-01-17T13:31:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:31:33","slug":"effective-planning-scheduling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/2020\/09\/18\/effective-planning-scheduling\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective Planning & Scheduling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As project managers and leads, we all know how difficult it can be to accurately determine the duration of a project, yet that is exactly what is expected of us on a regular basis. This two-day workshop will not disclose the secret of creating an accurate schedule, because there isn\u2019t one. However, it will provide the factors and fundamental elements that you should consider and address when creating any type of schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants should complete the Intermediate Project Management<\/em> workshop prior to this course, or have equivalent knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Will Participants Learn?
<\/strong>\uf0fc Define and create a Work Breakdown Structure
\uf0fc Identify and understand task relationships
\uf0fc Estimate task durations and determine project duration
\uf0fc Construct a network diagram
\uf0fc Calculate the critical path of a project
\uf0fc Use the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) to create estimates
\uf0fc Plan for risks
\uf0fc Create a communication plan
\uf0fc Effectively allocate project resources
\uf0fc Update and monitor the project schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Topics are Covered?
<\/strong>\uf0fc Projects and schedules
\uf0fc The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
\uf0fc Estimating activity durations
\uf0fc Identifying task dependencies
\uf0fc Aligning resources with activities
\uf0fc Project planning
\uf0fc Scheduling software
\uf0fc Uncertainty and risk management
\uf0fc Communication
\uf0fc Creating a viable schedule
\uf0fc Updating and monitoring the schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Included?
<\/strong>\uf0fc Instruction by an expert facilitator
\uf0fc Small, interactive classes
\uf0fc Specialized participant manual and course materials including a pre-assignment and a post-assignment
\uf0fc A personalized Certificate of Completion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As project managers and leads, we all know how difficult it can be to accurately determine the duration of a project, yet that is exactly what is expected of us on a regular basis. This two-day workshop will not disclose the secret of creating an accurate schedule, because there isn\u2019t one. However, it will provide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supervisors-managers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stellarconsultingandtraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}